November 2009

Hands Gallery Crafts Co-op is the High Country's oldest crafts co-op. It was formed in 1975 by a small group of local artists and many of its early members are still a part of the organization 34 years later . . .

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July 2009

Doc Watson, The Kruger Brothers, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Steep Canyon Rangers, newcomers The Snyder Family Band and many local favorites delighted the crowd in Sugar Grove on July 10 and 11 at the Historic Cove Creek School . . .

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April 2009

"Local" artist Teresa Cerda was born in Santiago Chile, has lived for 15 years in Madrid Spain and, in 2005, became a part of the Boone community when her husband accepted a position at ASU. Learn more about this talented and unique artist . . .

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August, 2008

Art in the Park is a gathering place for local and regional artists and craftspersons one Saturday each month from May through October on the grounds of the American Legion Post just behind the town park . . .

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April, 2008

In the 1970s North Carolina artist Ben Long created 2 paintings and one fresco in a small Episcopal church in the Beaver Creek area near West Jefferson and not far from Boone North Carolina. The works transformed the church and it now received thousands of visitors each year . . .

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April, 2008

In the summer of 1980, North Carolina artist Ben Long painted the fresco of "The Last Supper" at Holy Trinity Church in Glendale Springs, near the Blue Ridge Parkway in the northern mountains of North Carolina.

The church now receives tens of thousands of visitors each year . . .

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March, 2008

The Southern Highland Craft Guild shop at the Moses Cone Manor just off the Blue Ridge Parkway opened Saturday March 15 for the season.

The shops sell items made by some its 900 members and provides craft demonstrations throughout the season . . .

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November 2007

What is printmaking? Learn about accomplished local artist Joan Meixell and the various printmaking techniques she uses. See her work at the Hands Gallery Craft Co-operative on King Street in Downtown Boone from November 2 through November 15 . . .

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October 2007

Doc Watson is considered by many a legend of Folk and Bluegrass music. The 7-time Grammy Award winner lives near Boone in Deep Gap North Carolina and performs frequently in the area.

Each year in Sugar Grove, just outside Boone North Carolina, There is a MusicFest 'n Sugar Grove 2 day festival which raises money for the Historic Cove Creek School and The Doc and Merle Watson Museum inside the school . . .

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October 2007

The Valle Country Fair is on of the most popular Fall events in the Boone North Carolina Area. Many local artists and crafts persons participate in the fund-raising event in historic Valle Crucis. . . .

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